have had a recurrence of spider like symptoms from being bitten from a brown recluse and not having it opened? She is worried about her spider bite because it is now swollen up and red and hurting .Can it come back like this for years is what she wants to know --she's had all kinds of antibiotics
2007-02-13 08:22:26 · 6 answers · asked by luminous 7 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ First Aid
Am J Clin Pathol. 1995 Oct;104(4):463-7. Links
Severe intravascular hemolysis associated with brown recluse spider envenomation. A report of two cases and review of the literature.Williams ST, Khare VK, Johnston GA, Blackall DP.
Department of Pathology, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis 38163, USA.
Envenomation by the brown recluse spider (loxoscelism) is classically associated with a necrotic ulcer. Systemic manifestations occur in a minority of cases, but are generally mild and self-limited. The hematologic complications of brown recluse spider bite range from mild hemolysis to fulminant intravascular hemolysis with or without evidence of disseminated intravascular coagulation. Intravascular hemolysis is a rare but occasionally lethal complication of brown recluse spider envenomation. This article presents two cases of severe hemolysis associated with loxoscelism occurring in two young women in Memphis, Tennessee. The second documented death in an adult from severe hemolysis due to a brown recluse spider bite is reported. A review of the literature emphasizing the pathogenic mechanisms of spider bite hemolysis is also included.
2007-02-13 08:26:56 · answer #1 · answered by mission_viejo_california 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When I was bitten, the skin just was burned off by the spider,not the doctor. If it hasn't done that, she should seek a doctor's help because the poison the spider put in there will continue to destroy surrounding tissue if it is not taken care of. I don't know about recurrance,mine certainly didn't do that,it left a scar which over time,10yrs,faded away. Your friend is being a bit ridiculous not going to the doc to begin with,her health should mean more.
2007-02-13 08:27:48 · answer #2 · answered by fisherwoman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There was a woman a few years ago that got bit by Brown Recluse spider. She wouldn't go the doctors either. She had to have both her arms and legs amputated.
You have to get her to a doctors!
2007-02-13 08:30:09 · answer #3 · answered by chieromancer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure it can. but I don't think it was a recluse, If it had been the skin would be eaten away by now. it should be checked by a doctor again, to see what is going on. Obviously there is still poison in the system
2007-02-13 08:26:29 · answer #4 · answered by lynda 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A friend of mine was bitten by one, and the skin around the bite began to deterorate. I would definetly suggest going to the doctor, cause my friend had to have shots done, and it took a long time (at LEAST a month) for it to begin to heal. I can't imagine how long it would take if she didn't see a doctor.
2007-02-13 12:02:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the tissue will die and become necrotic probably spreading to surrounding tissue not previously involved with the bite
2007-02-13 08:26:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋